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Because they both often occur in the same month, the Academy Awards have often been referred to as “the gay’s Super Bowl,” which is doubly true for me as I anxiously await the cold January morning when the Oscar noms are dolled out every year and am sure to block out my entire day for the impending awards ceremony.

This morning the nominations were announced and the big surprises were copious nominations for the Andy/Ethan Cohen western True Grit and snubs for Ben Affleck’s The Town. A full list of the nominees is listed below, but here’s a quick look at the wins for Team Gay this year.

This year’s breakout gay indie The Kids Are Alright (following in the footsteps of Brokeback Mountain, Milk) came away with four major nods. Best Picture, Best Screenplay and acting nomds both Annette Bening for Best Actress and Mark Ruffalo for Best Support Actor. Major snub however for Julianne Moore, who was nominated alongside Bening at the Golden Globes. This also marks the first time a lesbian directed (Lisa Cholodenko) film has been nominated for Best Picture.

Gay fave James Franco, who’ll be co-hosting the awards show with Anne Hathaway (another gay fave/supporter), was nominated for Best Actor for his performance in 127 Hours. Mila Kunis was also snubbed in the Supporting Actress category. Best known for her stint on That ’70s Show, Kunis shared a love scene with Natalie Portman (Bening’s biggest competition) in The Black Swan.

This year the Academy Awards seem short on diversity overall as it’s also the first time since 2001 that there’s not one person of color among the acting noms.

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be broadcast live 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 on ABC. Full list of nominations below:

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, The Fighter
Mike Leigh, Another Year
Christopher Nolan, Inception
David Seidler, The King’s Speech